Lemon Water With Himalayan Salt

Benefits of This Simple Morning Tonic

Routines play a big part in how we live our daily lives. We may like to do a few yoga poses, meditation, or a walk with your dog around the neighborhood in the mornings before getting started with the day. These routines are vital to our health and happiness.

One thing you can try to add to your daily routine is a quick and simple glass of warm lemon water with Himalayan salt. All you need is a small 10-ounce glass of this daily and you can see increased immune function, improved digestion and balance in your body. These benefits come from the Vitamin C in the lemon juice as well as the essential minerals contained in Himalayan salt.

Lemons fight inflammation and can help build and repair bone, tendons and ligaments. This is beneficial for people with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. A daily glass of this drink may provide better overall mineral balance and proper food and water absorption allowing nutrients to get where they need to be.

Source: The Nutrition Watch Dog

Morning Yoga

morning yoga - 15 minutes to wake up for a beautiful day from zev tambor on Vimeo.

Here's a lovely video with a 15-minute yoga routine for morning. A great way to start your day!

Inspiring Yoga Video: Finding Your Flow

Yoga: Weekend Flow from KC and Sara on Vimeo.

Check out this yoga video. Isn't she graceful?

There is something so illuminating about finding your flow during the practice. 

Youthful Yoga Workshop

Youthful Yoga Workshop

Introduce your teenager to the practice of yoga! This 2 hour workshop was created for teens and children ages 8 to 17 and will not only define the meaning of what yoga is but will encourage the self exploration of postures. By engaging in the practice of yoga, the student will gain a greater sense of body awareness, which increases coordination, strength and flexibility while building self-esteem. Included in the Course: Workshop-Meaning of Yoga Sun Salutations-12 asanas, sanskrit mantras, english translation, take home worksheet Knowledge of basic postures, which organs are directly affected and Savasana  Group Activities Guided Meditation

Monday, June 10, 2013 1:00pm-3:00pm

$35 per student Register Today 916-797-8550 www.serenityspaonline.com 3984 Douglas Blvd. #150 Roseville CA 95661

Online Resources for Yoga, Meditation and Wellness

Photos via I Can Read on Tumblr.

Are you looking for resources and tools to help guide your journey toward physical, mental and spiritual health? Here are a few links from around the web that we find inspiring.

http://www.chopracenterhealingwisdom.com/
A Chopra Center blog with scientific and spiritual findings.

http://www.yogajournal.com/
A leading publication in the yoga world offering insight from master teachers and healers.

http://kripalu.org/blog/thrive/
A blog from the Kripalu Center which focuses on yoga, health and wellness.

http://www.donothingfor2minutes.com/
A site to help you learn how to sit in stillness for a few minutes during your busy day.

http://www.dailyom.com/
Daily inspiration for achieving self-fulfillment 

http://www.elephantjournal.com/
Elephant Journal covers quite the mix: yoga, sustainability, politics and spirituality.

http://www.spiritualnow.com
Articles on topics such as enlightenment, compassion, wisdom, relationships and strength. 

Join us tomorrow at Koko Fit Club for the Community Health and Fitness Fair!

10am-1pm 

Granite Bay Pavilions Shopping Center

9213 Sierra College Blvd

• Free Demos
• Chair Massages
• Yoga
• Chiropractic Adjustments
• Nutrition Info
• Personal Training
• Food Samples
• Hot Dog Stand
• Drinks 
• & Much More!

Hope to see you there!

The Law of Detachment

Friday's law from the Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga reminds to let go of our need to control outcomes, our attachment to our desires, and – perhaps most difficult – our need to control other people.

Here are a few affirmations you can repeat in order to practice this beautiful principle:

• I consciously commit to flexibility and detachment.
• I allow myself and those around me the freedom to be themselves, without imposing rigid ideas of right and wrong.
• I live my life in a state of engaged detachment.
• I release the need to judge or criticize.
• I express myself honestly while releasing any need to impose my beliefs on other people.
• Whenever I notice that I am becoming emotionally attached to a point of view, I take a deep breath and come back to a more centered place.
• I embrace detachment by choosing to be free from the good and bad opinions of others.

Thoughts on Yoga

You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state.

Being Flexible

“Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong.”

— Lao Tzu

In your practice today, consider this: strength comes from patience and humility. You must live compassionately, toward yourself and others, in order to achieve peace. Namaste.

Relaxing the Mind

"If you work with your mind, instead of trying to change everything on the outside…that’s how your temper will cool down."

-Pema Chodron

Today, in meditation, sit quietly with yourself. Be gentle. Discover where there is tension, and where there is ease. See if you can let go.

Yoga Inspiration

Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self.

-The Bhagavad Gita

The Law of Intention and Desire

The Law of Intention and Desire: Inherent in every intention and desire is the mechanics for its fulfillment. Intention and desire in the field of pure potentiality have infinite organizing power. When we introduce an intention in the fertile ground of pure potentiality, we put this infinite organizing power to work for us.

I will put the Law of Intention and Desire into effect by making a commitment to take the following steps:

• I will make a list of all my desires. I will carry this list with me wherever I go. I will look at this list before I go into my silence and meditation. I will look at it before I go to sleep at night. I will look at it when I wake up in the morning.
• I will release this list of my desires and surrender it to the womb of creation, trusting that when things don't seem to go my way, there is a reason, and that the cosmic plan has designs for me much grander than even those I have conceived.
• I will remind myself to practice present-moment awareness in all my actions. I will refuse to allow obstacles to consume and dissipate the quality of my attention in the present moment. I will accept the present as it is, and manifest the future through my deepest, most cherished intentions and desires.

The Law of Least Effort

Nature’s intelligence functions with effortless ease . . . with carefreeness, harmony, and love. And when we harness the forces of harmony, joy, and love, we create success and good fortune with effortless ease.

We put this beautiful principle into effect by:

• Practicing acceptance for what is.
• Having accepted things as they are, we practice responsibility for our situation and for all those events we see as problems. We acknowledge that problems are opportunities in disguise.
• We remain in defenselessness, relinquishing our need to defend our point of view.

The Law of Karma

At Serenity Spa/ Soul Yoga, we embrace the principles taught by Dr. Deepak Chopra in his hatha yoga style called The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga. 

Each day of the week, we focus on a specific principle to guide our thoughts and actions for the day.

Tuesday's principle is the Law of Karma.

Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind . . . what we sow is what we reap. And when we choose actions that bring happiness and success to others, the fruit of our karma is happiness and success.

You can put the Law of Karma into effect by making a commitment to take the following steps:

1. Today I will witness the choices I make in each moment. And in the mere witnessing of these choices, I will bring them to my conscious awareness. I will know that the best way to prepare for any moment in the future is to be fully conscious in the present.

2. Whenever I make a choice, I will ask myself two questions: “What are the consequences of this choice that I’m making?” and “Will this choice bring fulfillment and happiness to me and also to those who are affected by this choice?”

3. I will then ask my heart for guidance and be guided by its message of comfort or discomfort. If the choice feels comfortable, I will plunge ahead with abandon. If the choice feels uncomfortable, I will pause and see the consequences of my action with my inner vision. This guidance will enable me to make spontaneously correct choices for myself and for all those around me.

The Law of Giving and Receiving

At Serenity Spa/ Soul Yoga, we embrace the principles taught by Dr. Deepak Chopra in his hatha yoga style called The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga. 

Each day of the week, we focus on a specific principle to guide our thoughts and actions for the day.

Tuesday's principle is the Law of Giving and Receiving.

As a way to practice this encouraging principle, consider this:
Today, bring whoever you encounter a gift: a compliment or flower. Gratefully receive gifts. Keep wealth circulating by giving and receiving care, affection, appreciation and love.

In your yoga practice, introduce the practice of Karma yoga: selfless service.

More info about Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga:

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga is a unique form that blends the 5,000-year-old yogic tradition of India with the principles of Deepak Chopra’s international bestselling book The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success. Students cultivate a deep state of body-centered restful awareness, and learn how to maintain balance and calm in the midst of life’s daily stresses.

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We are a full-service day spa offering body and spirit services such as massage, aryurveda, meditation and yoga classes. 

Serenity Spa is a venue that is built on a belief system that Science and Spirit come together and cocoon as one. Mother Nature and all of her earthly elements are woven into an atmosphere that provides a profound influence and employs individuals and professionals that have a passion to serve others and knowingly seek knowledge that is fitting for infinite possibilities and graciously share with the world.